MILITARY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 105, 3 May 1917, Page 7

MILITARY NOTES.

(By RIFLEMAN.)

■ Some confusion appears to exist regarding, the vertical strips of gold and scarlet braid which certain returned soldiers wear on the left cuff of their khnki jackets. The gold stripe indicates that the wearer has been wounded, and if there are two or three such strips, each indicates a separate occasion on Which the wearer has received a wound. The •red strip simply indicates that the wearer is a returned soldier employed on home or stall' duties, and does not refer to wounds or sickness. It is necessary, from tlie official point of view, as a distinguishing mark, since the Returned Soldiers' Association badge is unofficial, and the red armlet (rarely seen now) is intended to be worn with mufti only.

The ollieer commanding the 3rd Auckland) Regiment conducted an inspection of A Company on Tuesday night. D Company will be inspected to-night, and li and (' Companies on May 14 and Hi respectively.

Major Sir Robert Walker. General Stall' Officer, will deliver n lecture to the non-com missioned ollicers of the .Srd Regiment at S p.m. on Monday next, .it the Drill Hall, on "Tlie (Aompanv in Attack." Ollicers of the regiment may also attend. It. is probable that the lecturer may deal with "The I'ompniiv iv Defence" at a. Inter date.

A tactical exercise will he carried out by olliccrs of the :trd Regiment in the vicinity of Auckland on Saturday. May 111. Tin- Motor Serviie Corps lias offered its assistance, and it is expected that olliccrs from the specialists' units will co-operate.

The Webster Cup competition, which took place on Saturday at Penrose resulted «s follows: ' Nl , ,; Company. y./..<:.,\.. .",00: Cost anil Telegraph Corps 420: Railway Engineers, 417: .No. :t Field Company. N.Z.K.. 410; No 7 ComiNiiiv N.Z.G.A.. (two mc,, short I "O.'l

A \evy sensible a irangenie.it regarding leave lias been adopted in the Urd Re"i.nent and might la- copied with advantage by similar units. When a man applies lor leave from a night parade, he u_ asked whether he is prepared to make up the deficiency, and. if so. „,, what night, lie is then give, a printed card addressed to the ollice,- commanding another eompanj „f the regiment, and stat nig tin- circumstances. The m ., n t| parades with the other company on the ■ught mentioned, and presents the card, "hid, is .1,,.,. ._,,.„„, , the ,-„„,ma.,di„„ officer Nex drill night he returns the signed card to Ins own emmandino „ffieer who credits Inn, with „„,. |)ara(i(l . If a man is unable to apply f„ • i,. aV( . berorehand, his absence is m.ted L " V J tune he attends parade, and he is then given a card enabling bin, to make .„,„<! the deficiency. j-""u